A late,
late goal won this reserve meeting for Spurs at the Hawthorns with West
Bromwich Albion.

The game was a tough
one with Albion fielding a side featuring a number of first teamers,
while Tottenham side had a mix of first team and Academy players.

Alan Hutton completed 70 minutes on his return
to action following his foot injury and was given a tough work-out in
what was a physical encounter. There was little in the way of
goal-mouth action before Ben Alnwick pulled off a diving save to
stop Roman Bednar's shot in the 37th minute. However, a minute
later, WBA took the lead when Texeira's shot picked out Ryan Donk rather
than the net and his volley went over Alnwick and in.

Spurs started the second half well and five
minutes in, Paul-Jose M'Poku got past Samuels and found Gilberto for the
Brazilian to fire home from 18 yards out, making it 1-1.

It took until three minutes into time for
stoppages for the winner to come and it was Pascal Chimbonda who rose
highest to head Ryan Mason's corner powerfully past Allsop in the Albion
goal from near the penalty spot to give Tottenham the three points.

Spurs
Reserves came back from a 0-2 half-time deficit to take the points in
their opening fixture of the season with a 3-2 win over West Bromwich
Albion.

It took only two minutes for WBA to go ahead,
with a goal from Roman Bednar, who took a pass from Samuels and hit a
low shot past Ben Alnwick from just inside the penalty area. Luke
Moore missed a good chance, when put through and a penalty shout at the
other end came when Hutchins had a shot that hit a hand. Barcham
headed wide and West Bro's Moore broke through only to be thwarted by
Dorian Dervite and Ricardo Rocha before Bednar's cross caused Alnwick a
little panic, as he had to tip it over as it looked as though it might
drop into the net.

Hancox was booked for fouling Rose and then two
saves from Alnwick in the 27th and 33rd minutes kept Albion out.
Firstly, the ball bobbled around the box until it dropped for MacDonald,
who shot and the Spurs keeper blocked it with his legs and then Moore's
shot from outside the area was pushed away, as it looked like it would
creep into the net, with a full length dive.

Four minutes before the break Rose was
challenged by Pike, who appeared to miss the ball, but no spot-kick was
awarded and to add insult to injury, in added time at the end of the
half, Moore's weak effort on goal took a deflection into Bednar's path
and he lifted the ball over Alnwick as he dived out at him.

Luckily, it was only a matter of three minutes
after the break that Tottenham pulled a goal back. Dervite's long
pass to Hutchins, saw the Irishman dink the ball over Allsop to make it
1-2. Ten minutes later, Alnwick was once more the saviour as he
pushed away Labadie's effort from eight yards out.

With 71 minutes on the clock, Andy Barcham's
drive was kept out by the hand of defender Hancox on the goal-line and
this resulted in a penalty to Spurs and a red card for the Albion
defender. It soon became 2-2 when David Hutton slotted home past
Allsop from the spot. It was then 3-2 to Tottenham in the 86th
minute, as Kyle Fraser-Allen got into space on the right wing and his
low cross saw Barcham spin on it to score with a difficult volley from
just outside the six yard box.

Both keepers were called into action in the
closing stages, with Allsop pushing Cian Hughton's close range drive
over the top and Alnwick tipping wide Bednar's shot from the corner of
the box. Into time added on, the WBA goalie was alert to block
Andy Barcham's drive from a narrow angle.